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Headword:
Apophêmon
Adler number: alpha,3635
Translated headword: unspeakable
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning something] boding ill.[1]
"The uneducated and unlearned tongue is adroit in (?)the results it can achieve in one way and another, and yet it slips into the unspeakable and the blasphemous."[2]
Greek Original:Apophêmon: dusphêmon. hê glôtta hê apaideutos kai amathês têi te allêi kai tautêi epispasta palamatai, kai mentoi kai es to apophêmon te kai blasphêmon katolisthanei.
Notes:
The headword, extracted from the quotation given, is neuter nominative/accusative singular of this adjective.
[1] Adler reports a comparable entry in the
Ambrosian Lexicon.
[2] From
Aelian fr.60 Hercher, 63a Domingo-Forasté (the cautionary tale of Eutelidas the Arcadian).
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 11 June 2001@13:38:48.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added keyword; cosmetics) on 22 August 2002@09:06:23.
Catharine Roth (added note, updated reference, raised status) on 16 February 2012@01:03:07.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword) on 9 April 2012@03:48:28.
David Whitehead on 30 August 2015@04:34:50.
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